Words to Live By: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Take a note from the most iconic stars of yesterday-quite literally. Words to Live By is a compilation of the most memorable quotes from Old Hollywood on love, style, life, and more.

Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis is a true American style and culture icon. While first lady during the presidency of her husband John F. Kennedy, Onassis became known for her intelligence, beauty, style, and devotion to her country. Onassis focused on making the world a better place through art, literature, and history and being a good mother to her children. CR remembers Kennedy by taking a look at some of our favorite quotes by the former first lady.

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"What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown, watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?"

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"The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship."

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"There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed."

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"The only routine with me is no routine at all."

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"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much."

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"I want to live my life, not record it."

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"Even though people may be well-known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage, and death."

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